Anton Sorg, Augsburg 1476 - First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full calf. Dampstain and tear to the corner of leaf 10, a few small scattered stains, small tab in the margin of first text page, small worm trails in the upper margin in the gutter on initial pages, small paper repair in the gutter on the final text leaf; generally quite clean. With one eight line initial and a number of three and four line initials. 50 leaves with front and rear blanks. Sorg brought the type for this work with him from the abbey press of SS Ulrich and Afra, it was reprinted in 1477. ISTC ib00959000.The first printed edition of a work long believed to be authored by Saint Bonaventure, but now agreed to be the work of Holzinger (d. 1279), his contemporary. The Speculum is an extended meditation on the angelic devotion - the Angelus - in eighteen parts. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044678. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1476. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1476. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full calf. Dampstain and tear to the corner of leaf 10, a few small scattered stains, small tab in the margin of first text page, small worm trails in the upper margin in the gutter on initial pages, small paper repair in the gutter on the final text leaf; generally quite clean. With one eight line initial and a number of three and four line initials. 50 leaves with front and rear blanks. Sorg brought the type for this work with him from the abbey press of SS Ulrich and Afra, it was reprinted in 1477. ISTC ib00959000.& & The first printed edition of a work long believed to be authored by Saint Bonaventure, but now agreed to be the work of Holzinger (d. 1279), his contemporary. The Speculum is an extended meditation on the angelic devotion - the Angelus - in eighteen parts. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044678.

Il Bulino. New. Hardcover. German edition in facsimile of woodcut incunabulum known as the Aesop of Ulm, printed by Johannes Zainer in 1476, from the collection "Otto Schäfer" of Schweinfurt. The original incunabulum, entirely hand colored, is an absolute rarity of bibliophiles (in addition to this, we know only the example of Vienna). 550 pages, 191 color woodcut illustrations, size 22.5 × 30.5 cm, color printing, leather binding, 84 pages German commentary by Peter Amelung, director of Württembergische Landesbibliothek of Stuttgart. The print run of 800 copies in Arabic numerals and 80 in Roman numerals. Code and commentary are kept in a box. .

Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1476. Hardcover. With Three Finely Illuminated Initials. 302 x 196 mm (11 7/8 x 7 3/4"). Double column, 52 lines of text and headline in an attractive gothic type. Three two-line and two three-line hand-painted initials in either red or blue, and THREE HANDSOME INITIALS (measuring approximately 25 mm. square) in blue with white tracery and with infill of curling flowered stems in red and brown, all ON A GROUND OF BURNISHED GOLD. Goff B-547; BMC V, 176. The lesser side with the illuminated initial slightly smudged, otherwise A VERY FINE SPECIMEN, clean, fresh, and bright with paint and gold entirely intact. This is a very pleasantly illuminated leaf from renowned Venetian printer Nicolaus Jenson. In addition to printing some of the most attractive books of the period, Jenson also had close working relationships with some of the leading illuminators, who would enhance special copies of his works with glittering embellishments that would appeal to a discriminating--and wealthy--clientele. A complete illuminated Jenson Bible (on vellum) sold at the Wardington sale in 2006 for £66,000 (over $120,000). The text here is the prologue to and the beginning of the book of Micah.